At Sony's E3 press conference, it announced that Paradox Interactive is working on multiple PlayStation exclusives. The studio debuted one, Magicka 2, with a trailer that is just adorable right up until it gets sad.

Magicka: Wizard Wars is Paradox North's PvP take on the magic-combining franchise. Originally planned for a 2014 release on PC, the developer has decided to launch the free-to-play game into public alpha via Steam Early Access today.

You may not have guessed it, from how many Arcane Novas and Steam Lightning Storms were cast in the direction of other players, but wacky action-RPG Magicka was originally a co-op game. PvP arenas were added free DLC to formalise the wizard-on-wizard violence, and the next g...